Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2023
A new version of the Prometei botnet has infected more than 10,000 systems worldwide since November 2022, experts warn. Cisco Talos researchers reported that the Prometei botnet has infected mor ...
Pierluigi Paganini
March 11, 2023
US CISA added an actively exploited vulnerability in VMware's Cloud Foundation to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has adde ...
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2023
An international law enforcement operation seized the infrastructure associated with the NetWire RAT and resulted in the arrest of its administrator. A coordinated international law enforcement op ...
Pierluigi Paganini
March 10, 2023
A new version of the Xenomorph Android malware includes a new automated transfer system framework and targets 400 banks. The author of the Xenomorph Android malware, the Hadoken Security Group, c ...
November 02, 2025
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Agenda Ransomware Deploys Linux Variant ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2025
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly Security ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2025
Ukrainian Oleksii Lytvynenko extradited from Ireland to US for alleged role in Conti ransomware after fleeing Ukraine in 2022. Ukrainian national Oleksii Lytvynenko (43) extradited from Ireland to ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2025
Australia warns of attacks on unpatched Cisco IOS XE devices exploiting CVE-2023-20198, allowing BadCandy webshell install. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) warns of ongoing attacks on un ...
Pierluigi Paganini
November 01, 2025
CISA warns ransomware gangs exploit CVE-2024-1086, a Linux kernel flaw in netfilter: nf_tables, introduced in 2014 and patched in Jan 2024. CISA warned that ransomware gangs are exploiting CVE-20 ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2025
A massive 4TB SQL Server backup file belonging to global accounting giant Ernst & Young (EY) was discovered publicly accessible on Microsoft Azure. Cybersecurity firm Neo Security discove ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2025
A nation-state actor, likely a China-nexus one, hacked the U.S.-based technology company Ribbon Communications. Ribbon Communications is a U.S.-based technology company that provides telecommunica ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2025
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds XWiki Platform, and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2025
“Brash” flaw in Chromium’s Blink engine lets attackers crash browsers instantly via a single malicious URL, researcher Jose Pino revealed. Security researcher Jose Pino found a severe vulner ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2025
Former US defense contractor exec Peter Williams pled guilty to stealing trade secrets and selling cyber exploits to a Russian broker, per the US DOJ. Ex-US defense contractor Peter Williams (39) ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2025
Dentsu said its U.S. unit Merkle was hit by a cyberattack exposing staff and client data, forcing some systems offline to mitigate the security breach. Japanese multinational advertising and publi ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2025
Canada’s cyber agency warns hacktivists breached critical infrastructure, altering industrial controls and risking public safety. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security revealed that hacktivists ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2025
Russian actors, likely linked to Sandworm, targeted Ukrainian firms using LotL tactics and dual-use tools to steal data and stay hidden, says Symantec and Carbon Black. Russian threat actors, like ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2025
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure S ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2025
Threat Fabric researchers spotted Herodotus Android malware mimicking human typing with random delays to evade detection. Threat Fabric found a new Android malware, named Herodotus, which mimics ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 29, 2025
A new Mirai-based IoT botnet, dubbed Aisuru, was used to launch multiple high-impact DDoS attacks exceeding 20Tb/sec and/or 4gpps. In October 2025, the Aisuru Mirai-based IoT botnet launched massi ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2025
Hackers hit Sweden’s power grid operator Svenska kraftnät, stealing data via a file transfer tool. The power grid was not affected. Hackers breached Sweden’s state-owned power grid operator S ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2025
QNAP warns of critical ASP.NET flaw (CVE-2025-55315) in NetBak PC Agent, letting attackers hijack credentials or bypass security via HTTP smuggling. QNAP urges users to patch a critical ASP.NET Co ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2025
Only 23% of ransomware victims paid in Q3 2025, the lowest ever, continuing a six-year decline in payment rates, Coveware reports. Cybersecurity firm Coveware reports that only 23% of ransomware v ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2025
X urges users with passkeys or YubiKeys to re-enroll 2FA by Nov 10, 2025, or risk account lockout. Re-enroll, switch 2FA, or disable it. Social media platform X is urging users who use passkeys or ...
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2025
